WASHINGTON -- So there are two. Two pulchritudinous ones, that is. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin are very beautiful, and the feminists tells us, so what? Well, they never say so what when an attractive male, usually a Democrat, comes on stage. They call him charismatic. Bachmann and Palin are sufficiently charismatic for me, and both have raised families, Bachmann five children of her own and 23 foster children before entering public life. That is the proper sequence of events: raise a family, enter public life.

Now Bachmann has entered public life in a big way. She declared her candidacy for president this Monday night at the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire. Her answers were crisp and persuasive. She is strong on the social issues and the economic issues, also intelligence and security issues. Rather brilliantly she suggested her expertise by drawing on her experience on congressional committees, namely intelligence and financial oversight committees. She is a Tea Partyer and a social conservative. In the campaign both areas need addressing.

But what caught my eye was an answer she gave to Steve Moore in a Wall Street Journal interview over the weekend...